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| :e. If there is a new database not already on your spreadsheet, fill in the necessary information on the spreadsheet for each new database. [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Creating Online Records Pages#Filling_out_the_Google_doc|Instructions on filling out the Google Doc]]. | | :e. If there is a new database not already on your spreadsheet, fill in the necessary information on the spreadsheet for each new database. [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Creating Online Records Pages#Filling_out_the_Google_doc|Instructions on filling out the Google Doc]]. |
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| 3. '''Check Ancestry''': Visit [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] to see what collections are available for the country. <br> | | 3. '''Check Ancestry''': Visit [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] to see what collections are available for the country. |
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| :a. Go to [http://search.ancestry.com/search/ Ancestry search screen]. Scroll to the bottom of the page to the US map. You will see tabs to other countries and continents listed here. Click on the appropriate tab for your country. | | :a. Go to [http://search.ancestry.com/search/ Ancestry search screen]. Scroll to the bottom of the page to the US map. You will see tabs to other countries and continents listed here. Click on the appropriate tab for your country. |
| :b. Compare the list to any collections you may have already listed from the country wiki page. | | :b. Compare the list to any collections you may have already listed from the country wiki page. |
| :d. If there are no new databases, skip to Step 4. <br> | | :d. If there are no new databases, skip to Step 4. <br> |
| :e. If there is a new database not already on your spreadsheet, fill in the necessary information on the spreadsheet for each new database. [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Creating Online Records Pages#Filling_out_the_Google_doc|Instructions on filling out the Google Doc]]. | | :e. If there is a new database not already on your spreadsheet, fill in the necessary information on the spreadsheet for each new database. [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Creating Online Records Pages#Filling_out_the_Google_doc|Instructions on filling out the Google Doc]].<br> |
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| 4. '''Check FindMyPast''': Visit [http://www.findmypast.com/ FindMyPast] to see what collections are available for the country. | | 4. '''Check FindMyPast''': Visit [http://www.findmypast.com/ FindMyPast] to see what collections are available for the country. |
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| 6. '''Use Google''': Search [https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl Google] for other databases. | | 6. '''Use Google''': Search [https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl Google] for other databases. |
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| :a. Go to [https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl Google] and make a search for any genealogy databases that may be available. Use the following search phrases to help find any possible databases. The example is for the country of Belgium: | | :a. Go to [https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl Google] and make a search for any genealogy databases that may be available. Use the following search phrases to help find any possible databases. The example is for the country of Belgium: |
| ::*Belgium gazetteers | | ::*Belgium gazetteers |
| ::*Belgium genealogy websites | | ::*Belgium genealogy websites |
| ::*Belgium genealogy online databases | | ::*Belgium genealogy online databases |
| ::*Belgium genealogy records | | ::*Belgium genealogy records |
| ::*Belgium church records | | ::*Belgium church records |
| ::*Belgium cemeteries | | ::*Belgium cemeteries |
| *Try any other keyword searching you can think of. | | ::*Try any other keyword searching you can think of. |
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| :b. Compare any results with the list of collections you may have already listed from searching the above websites. | | :b. Compare any results with the list of collections you may have already listed from searching the above websites. |
| :d. If there is a new database not already on your spreadsheet, fill in the necessary information on the spreadsheet for each new database. [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Creating Online Records Pages#Filling_out_the_Google_doc|Instructions on filling out the Google Doc]]. | | :d. If there is a new database not already on your spreadsheet, fill in the necessary information on the spreadsheet for each new database. [[FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Creating Online Records Pages#Filling_out_the_Google_doc|Instructions on filling out the Google Doc]]. |
| :e. If there are no new databases to list, you have completed the task. Go to the task page and list the date you completed the task. | | :e. If there are no new databases to list, you have completed the task. Go to the task page and list the date you completed the task. |
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| ===== Filling out the Google doc ===== | | ===== Filling out the Google doc ===== |